Author: Lisa Hafey

Lisa has been writing for over 20 years, starting as the entertainment editor on her university newspaper. Since then she's written for Popwrapped, Maximum Pop, Celebmix, and ListenOnRepeat. Lisa loves all good music, and she's interviewed Kevin Godley, Trevor Horn, Paul Young, Peter Cox (Go West), Brendan B Brown (Wheatus), Bruce Foxton (The Jam), among many many more. Lisa is also available for freelance writing - please email lisa@essentiallypop.com

Matti Meets Marloni Are A Danish Hip-Hop Collaboration Who Create Great Music

February 25, 2019

Philip Marlon and Matti Macey might still be teenagers, but they’re already forging a bright future for themselves. The Danish hip hop artists, producers, and songwriters have been making music since 2015 and 2017 respectively, and in the summer last year they decided form a collective of underground artists, working under the name of “Matti Meets Marloni”. It’s proven to be a good decision – already the collective has reached 150K streams on Spotify and 30K views on their YouTube channel.

Hand Habits – ‘can’t calm down’

February 21, 2019

Growing up in a small town in Upstate New York, Meg Duffy played as a session guitarist and touring member of Kevin Morby’s band. She started the Hand Habits project when she moved Los Angeles, starting out as a private songwriting outlet, but soon becoming a full band, with Meg at the forefront. Their debut album, ‘Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void)’, was released in 2017 after being recorded during spare moments between touring, at Meg’s home.

Chase The Jaguar – ‘Never Let You Down’

February 21, 2019

David and Sebastian Fox were exposed to music at a young age, by their father, a travelling musician who wrote protest songs in his native Argentina, and gave them a love of a wide range of musical styles. The Fox brothers are trained and touring classical guitarists, who play in small theatres across Europe, and have even shared the stage with Pavarotti. Chase The Jaguar howeer, is all about the other love in their lives: stripped back indie rock.